Patient: I wore braces at 40 years of age for a slight overbite. Two weeks after the bands were yanked off my molars, I needed a root canal and crown. Two years later the crown broke and a new gold crown was put in place. Two years later I am having horrible pain and my dentist sent me to an endodontist. He said that he will have to go in through the gum and remove the remaining nerves. I thought when you get a root canal that there are no nerves left. I didn’t want 2/3 of a root canal. Is this common? The pain has been horrible. I’ve missed days from work and now the bill is $1400 for a tooth that I have already paid for a root canal and two crowns. What responsibility does my dentist that has performed all this work hold?
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Gender: Female
Age: 48
Doctor: hi,
thanks for posting your question on health.is.edu ,
A root canal treatment is used to treat teeth that the decay has reached the pulp,
there is no guaranteed 100 percent success rate in any root canal treatment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endodontic_therapy
the root canal treatment usually takes care of the problem, however it Continue reading I wore braces at 40 years of age for a slight overbite.